New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09
CALIFORNIA TOPICS.
c,ry RIBING-CRIMlNALs FL LEI
'o" vORCES-GROWlNG TOBACCo'
- ~, rcR PHI TO THE rRIDUNE.l

tho conviction of the notorious h'Vie
80 and ex-Statc Senator Creishooh ""|o
-o,sed the people OF San Francisco. Inc ochi"''
49,. the guilty parties be severely puh'sheu 10
IT, .,o, and mono the less vigorous because oio
- Of Christopher Buckley Denocra'io
49,. and Superior Judge Toohy arc inVoi'eu III
" scandal An effort has been maze ny uhe
". r".na Jury 10 get at the truth OF matters since
o" ,os obtained by Stewart Menzies chairman
-. hosv who discovered in a safe In China-
o. O" .aners and accounts showing the existence
Wv" ,.s,om Of shameless corruption. The docu-
which belonged to Fong Ching, alias
m,,..,o Pete now serving sentence for the
'..Otad bribery of policeman, included dis
..hcs from Buckley and list OF expenditures
la"mhicb Judge ToOhy was credited with NceiV'
-, ~" nrcsent of 5000, and the Distrlct-A'torhey
ns oift Of 5000 or course all the persons
Treated stoutly deny the accuracy OF the WHY
ihps,ons cash account, but the more the
' - investigated the verse 1t appears Lawyer
v,'uontbal. one of Bucl<lcy's henchmen, made
..oro,e but unsuccessful fight to keep the
"' from the Grand Jury, and 1T is subject
f"fS,oh comment that they were left unsealed
VI ono night in the sherifSs Office, which is
-, n be deeply indebted 10 the boss
Ethical favors. The sudden flight from the
.i,r ~ "Jerryn Driscoll, BuclSleys lieutenant,
..to acted as Intermediary with Little Pete"
sra the raising of the bail on the other accused
,, 6vers 60 to show that the Grand jury has
,.,nck warm tail and its report will doubtless
produce a sensation.
simultaneously with these disclosures come
,be trial conviction and flight Of cx-Statc Senator
rreiehton another man who owed his ELEVATION
10 office to the Democratic boss Creighton was out
xl,,tn,l x-
oed 70 parts unknown. His bonds were ordered
forfeited but the bOndsmen claim that they arc
not liable after the conviction of the accused
man, who Should then have Been turEeo oNor
to the custody of the sheriff.
The case of Morrow, president OF the Su'tcr
Street Railroad Company, was called lor uiai
m Thursday, but as only two of the witnesses
AGAINST him appeared postponemcnt was grahteu
Over four hundred suits for divorce have
been fled in the County Clerks ofilce since
January l. The highest number filed IN ono
say was sevcn and rarely does a day pass ny
that a petition is not recorded during the paS'
three months there has been marked 1ucre"se
in the number of divorce suits brought. All 'he
civil departments of the Superior court are
crowded with cases Of this character. The cause
# this remarkable rush to secure relcl from
,ho bonds Of matrimony is ascrbed TO the laNity
&C tbe California divorce laws, many of the ap-
plicants not having resided long in the State.
Comn,aiuts from all over the State in regard
"a the failure of fermentation in this year wine
nroduct have become serious The continued not
weather has developed grapes rapidly and caused
large amount of sugar TO be secietcu. Inc
trouble is worse than ever before, ana iii many
eases vine growers who intenden to produce ury
wines have been deferred by expense and VIII
produce only sweet wines.
There is growing demand for California
woollen fabrics in New-MexIcO, Texas and even
as far South as Louisiana. Over seven hundred
men are now employed in the mills at Black
pont The quality OF California made woollens
has been much improved OF late. 1t is believed
that tic tine Will soon come when the clothing
houses of this city Will cease to give orders IN
the East and viii do their share IN buillng
up the wool manufacturing industry III California.
The Zig boom in city real estate expected
month ago failed TO materlalizc, although 1T Is
admitted that the outlook Is, Ii anythihs, more
favorable and the market Is on hlhNf p"HIs
All fear IF inflated values has disappeared Every
broker in the city repeats now more ehpha.lca;iiA
than ever the prophecy that new era Is u""hins
upon san Francisco property, ana th'V inc H h
twcve months will mark tic greatest o' an 10
changes.
The Free Pu liz library is about TO be removed
~ the Iarkin-st wing of tie new CITY HAL
The Mechanics Institute Library VIII ia d lew
Years be permanently located IN new nulliiii
20 10 erected in Larl<in-st., where the r"''
pavilion now stands. These sites are "iln,n
anc block of each other, and also OF the od1
Fellows Library, which contains several tlo,''' no
volumes. Three OF the largest coIie''iG"' " -
hooks in the State will thus be brought "lihln
stones throw Of each other, an advantage "''
all students will appreciate
The Grand Jury is engaged in investigating
the charge Of David : Terry. that pf'ot WIS
offered bv one Of Sharons attorneys To JulAe
Sullivan in the trail OF the famous divorce sun
Of Sarah Athea iill
Already nearly $500 Of the Slo,o"V
required to erect monument TO lhoi mas
Starr King in Gollcn Gat Park has
been secured. George L. Brandcr. late vicc-prcsl,
dent of the Nevada Bank. has been supplah"h
as president and director of the Nevada Natcnou,e
and Dock Company ny James |. = ayr. =. io -,
White. grand sire l. o. f.. has been the recipicn'
Of many attentions from local lodges 81 Inc
order 10 which he is paving an Official visit
Sacramento River steamboat captalns say 'hat
navasoton has been ircer on 'na n,. S't t,rdc
The last summer than at any t,le
surinc tie drv season for eight years.
Only few boats Of deep draught nave
found IL necessary 70 u.e barics 1or "g,.ernac
to the fart that There is more water in the river
than before. hut because the channel has secured
Dt since the decrease in hydraulic mining There
K a. present an unprecedented demand for ChiNcS"
hhor NJ good wages. call hns been made by
country fruit growers Tor 1000 Chinese iahorcrs
~ 81 % a dav but different agencies thronghOut
Tho CITY say that flov cannot FL tho order &c
'horc ave no idle Chnomcn 10 hc found outside
'hc hichir1cr class Alaska co1Gshcrs have been
loss encoeeeful IBIS season than in 1856. and II
IS estimated that tho total catch VIII acorc"atn
hn'v 1925 on0. p reduction OF 3 600 from last
seasons catch. The industry is controlled in
This CITY
hop grower of White River Valley, Washing
.oh territory, recently sent some samples TO
iok"h"hia and received a trial order fOI twenty
paies ihis is the first order ever received from
,slan. l'tter accompanying the order said
t ,ao oe samples had been COMPARED with Cali
v'a hOps, and that the Washington product
,h "S eulerlor article. Hop growers feel that